Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:34:46 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: tajudd@gmail.com, perryh@pluto.rain.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to create a DVD backup filesystem? Message-ID: <20090126003446.GA38834@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20090125031843.51f47ee3.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20090123011043.GA86638@thought.org> <497954FE.8050206@gmail.com> <497a08f0.M7aLYVzoum%2Bg95mw%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20090125020349.47c3eb68.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090125015632.GD31215@thought.org> <20090125031843.51f47ee3.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 03:18:43AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:56:33 -0800, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > > Now that I have > > > > cdr.iso: ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data 'CDROM > > 642848 -rw-r--r-- 1 kline wheel 657922048 Jan 24 15:34 cdr.iso > > > > what is the safest command to use to burn to 1. a CD, and 2. a > > DVD? Since `file' says that cdr.iso is a filesystem, I'm > > assuming that I don't need to grow or newfs anything on the disc. > > You're right. It is a pre-mastered file system that just needs to be > recorded onto a media. The size 657922048 indicates that it would fit > onto a regular CD-R. > > > > > cdrdao seems like more toward audio, so i'm guessing that it's > > either cdrecord or burncd. I'll share my shell script once it > > works on both media. > > Yes, both will work, and yes, cdrdao is better for audio or mixed > forms (allthough it can burn data ISO, too, but I don't know how, > out of the box). :-) > > You may follow my examples from Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:53:46 +0100. > > I'm a lazy guy, so I've setup the following aliases in /etc/csh.cshrc: > > alias burndata 'cdrecord dev=1,0,0 speed=16 -v -eject -tao -data' > alias burnaudio 'cdrecord dev=1,0,0 speed=16 -v -eject -dao -audio' > alias burntoc 'cdrdao write --driver generic-mmc-raw --device 1,0,0 --speed 16 --eject' > > And I've got a shell script "burndvd" in ~/bin (included in $PATH): > > #!/bin/sh > > if [ "$1" = "" ]; then > echo "$0 <iso>" > exit 1 > fi > > if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then > echo "$0: cannot open $1" > exit 1 > fi > > growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=$1 > cdcontrol eject > > I know this is *very* lazy stuff, but it works, and I never change > a running system. :-) > > > Yo! thanks! :-) > > > > -- > Polytropon > From Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 2.23a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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